Tag Archives: Consequences

  • Sex and Porn Addiction Are Not Fun
    Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

    Sex and Porn Addiction Are Not Fun

    If you need an analogy for addiction, imagine living without air. Then imagine something worse. When we say the words sex addiction to non-addicted people, the kneejerk response is...
  • Consequences
    Thursday, September 12th, 2024

    Consequences

    What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. The core signs and symptoms of sexual addiction are generally the...
  • Sex and Porn Addiction Are Not Fun
    Friday, April 19th, 2024

    Sex and Porn Addiction Are Not Fun

    Lots of people joke about sex addiction, saying, “Where do I sign up?” Those people don’t understand what it’s like to be a sex addict. Many people view sex...
  • We Hurt Our Kids, Too!
    Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

    We Hurt Our Kids, Too!

    Your eyes are unfathomable to me, hostile, even, as if you have removed yourself to a place where I cannot reach you—somewhere I cannot know. Kids can’t help but...
  • Addiction Creates Chaos
    Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024

    Addiction Creates Chaos

    I am amazed at how many of my problems – most of which had nothing to do with my addiction, I thought – have become manageable or simply disappeared...
  • Working Step One: The Unmanageability Inventory
    Monday, January 15th, 2024

    Working Step One: The Unmanageability Inventory

    Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more consequences and failing to understand that we, not others, are at fault. One way to measure the unmanageability of...
  • Sex and Porn Addiction Are Not Fun
    Tuesday, January 9th, 2024

    Sex and Porn Addiction Are Not Fun

    Lots of people joke about sex addiction, saying “Where do I sign up?” Those people don’t understand what it’s like to be a sex addict. Many people view sex...
  • Consequences of Paired Substance/Sex Addiction, Part Two
    Friday, May 22nd, 2020

    Consequences of Paired Substance/Sex Addiction, Part Two

    By David Fawcett Like other addictions, paired substance/sex addiction creates consequences that are far beyond the imagination of users when they first experiment with these behaviors. People are initially...